KUWAIT: Kuwaitis Adnan Al-Kharafi and Fahd Al-Alyan, who were arrested in Iran for illegally sailing into Iranian national waters while fishing, arrived to Kuwait yesterday onboard a Kuwait Airways flight that landed at the Amiri Airport. Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammed Irani said the release was the result of serious efforts the embassy had exerted in contacting the Iranian Foreign Ministry and other authorities to ensure the detainees' safe and speedy return to Kuwait.

Irani added that the release was delayed due to some unexpected administrative problems, as the two were supposed to leave Iran through Bushehr, but instead they went to Tehran (where they remained at the Kuwaiti Embassy premises), which prolonged the period the embassy needed to finalize their return documents.